Something fresh...

Nothing like waking up on a Monday morning in your own bed after being away for the weekend, with a new fresh hair cut (nice and short), and a nice fresh hot cup of coffee.  This Monday would be perfect if my little man was in a good mood, but alas, weekend trips always throw him off his schedule... and this... this takes me two weeks MAX to get him back into his normal routines and schedules... and those two weeks for mommy means lack of sleep and shot nerves.

At least I have my blog... my comfy little corner to melt away into while he lays in the other room screaming away... that scream you can't seem to calm... that scream that breaks your mommy heart.  He was obviously over tired (since he was up in the middle of the night screaming), but I tried to rock him, nurse him... let him sit with me in the family room... nothing was calming him down, being with me seemed to make it worse, so I just laid him down and went back into the family room and just sat here tense, fighting ever instinct to go back in there.  Sometimes we just have to accept that there's nothing you can do to help, and just let them work it out, no matter how much you hate it.

Over the weekend, David finally crawled forward!  I missed it. :(  George and I were out getting our hair done.  While I was waiting for George's cut to be done, Jeffry called me to tell me that he crawled to him and Grandpa Jeff.  At least he did it with one of us... Daddy will have that special memory to share with him when he's older. :)  I told him to get a video of him doing it.  He was stubborn after that.  They only got a little video of him.

In other news, we should be closing on May 28th now instead of June 1st.  We are SO excited.  First thing we're going to try to do is finish the basement so we can have the guest room done for family visits.  David's first birthday is creeping up on us here in a few months, and we'll need a place for Jeff's parents to stay. We're also having fun looking at how we're going to decorate.

Oh! Last night we had dinner at my brother and sister in law's house with the family, and towards the end of dinner, my brother said it was funny but nice that everyone was there because it was a year ago (yesterday) that they had found out Erika was pregnant with dear sweet little Frederick (rip sweet little angel), and they had just found out she is expecting again.  I had my mouth full of food when he said that... if I hadn't had food in my mouth I would of screamed!!!  I'm so excited for them I could dance on the moon!  I'm getting a twin vibe from her, so we'll see... if not twins, I think it'll be a boy.  SO excited.

(Erika, I love you so much sis, and I'm here all the way through!  and you know I'll be there to take pictures. :) Jeff can watch David so I can be there. :)  Oooo now I really can't wait till January... which is something I don't usually say cause I don't usually care for that month... haha tooo COLD!)

So I better get to knitting!!!  Gotta prepare for my little niece or nephew(s?) ;)  So excited. :)  Have I said I was excited????

Well, that was the best news I could hear!  And on that note I better go check on my crabby little boy... hope you all had a good weekend, and a great Monday!

The thing about toes...

"[He] resumed contemplation of his toes. These, to his never-failing and delighted surprise, continued to be ten in number, no matter how suddenly and without warning he descended upon them; his startled cataloguing of the suspicious members constituted at present his chief employment, and the subsequent deep breath of... relief on finding that all was well and not one of them had escaped his vigilance was one of the joys of his parents." - Josephine Daskam, The Memoirs of a Baby (1904)

I love sitting here watching my son interact with his toes... out of all the toys and objects around him, he perfers his feet.  The sounds of joy and pure happiness when he gets that first sock off just melts my heart, and no matter how my day is going, he gets a smile from the ashes of my frowns.

You just can't NOT smile when he obsesses over those cute tasty little feet.

After awhile, I too have to join him and see what it so fun about his feet... exploring his tiny little toes, feeling them wrap around my fingers as he flexes them and wiggles them, all the while with a huge grin on his face.  Then just for fun, I have to give them a taste, so I kisses them toe by toe, then the soles.  That really gets him squeeling.  Mmm nothing like baby toes. :)

Oh! to be a child again... the simple joys... makes me feel like I remember what it was to be like a infant child... though I think I'm mistakened... I really don't think I remember anything any more... now its all just fiction in my mind.  Telling stories back and forth in baby talk to David... he tells stories back... while we share the sweet baby smells and taste of his cute, sweet, tasty little feet.

Its nice to pretend...

DIY Backdrops rock...

I haven't gotten the chance to do the things I've read about yet, but I'm super excited to give it a try.

I read that you can drape a blanket on the side of the crib, and having it face the window with good light coming in, and BAM backdrop! It's very exciting! :) Also learned you can take a rolling rack and clamp fabric, sheets, or blankets to it and BAM backdrop...

I'm soooo excited right now to give it a try... but I still need to find a location in the house to try it... gotta remember to breathe and plan...

So any way, expect some fun pictures sooner or later here.... not that the pictures I usually take of him aren't fun ;) These will be some cute little naked baby pictures. :) can't wait. :D :D :D